Jones, 88, is Charles Perry's opponent in the race, and did not respond to a message left on his cellphone until earlier Thursday, so I thought I would share with you his thoughts on the governor's visit.

With election season coming up, I figured I should check on my registration status.

I’ll be honest, the last election I voted in was the 2008 general election, so it’s been a while for me. (The person I voted for in the presidential primary did end up winning his race, but I voted for someone else in the general election.)

Also, I was registered inFortBendCounty, so I had to do an absentee ballot for the November election (I was in my hometown for the primary.)

After I graduated from Texas Tech last May, I worked inPine Bluff,Ark., for a few months.

Customers in the nine-state grid that includes Lubbock demanded a record amount of electricity yesterday.

The Southwest Power Pool reported just under 55,000 megawatts of consumption, breaking the record set a week before of more than 54,500 megawatts and last year's record of more than 53,100 megawatts.

Warnings in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the grid that includes Dallas, Austin and Houston, have been pretty common in recent weeks. But Lubbock and Amarillo participate in an energy grid that includes Oklahoma and Arkansas and stretches up to Nebraska.